HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution #3098RE90LUTIaV ND. 3098
W1-EREAS, a Federal Commission established by U.S. Secretary
of Labor Elizabeth Dole recommended that Congress adopt
legislation to ensure the continued provision of health benefits
to retired coal miners who receive such benefits from the UMNA
Health and Retirement Funds; and,
WHEREAS, such legislation, introduced by Senator Jay
Rockefeller of West Virginia (S. 1989) and Congressman John Murtha
of Pennsylvania (H.R. 4013), would require all companies to pay a
fair share of the cost of providing health benefits to their
former employees and place and equitable fee on the entire coal
industry to pay for the cost of "orphan" retirees who have no
company to pay for such benefits; and,
WHEREAS, approximately citizens receive their
health care from the UMNA Funds; and,
VVI-EREAS, the UVWA Funds currently are experiencing serious
financial difficulties; and,
WHEREAS, the Rockefeller/Murtha legislation has been
endorsed by both labor and management in the coal industry.
NGN, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the
City of Canton, Fulton County, Illinois as follows:
1. That the Canton City Council hereby finds the foregoing
recitals to be fact.
2. That the City Council of the City of Canton strongly
supports S. 1989 and H.R. 4013 urges the Congress of the United
States to enact them into law; and,
3. That a copy of this resolution be sent to the members of
the Illinois congressional delegation, the Governor and all county
commissions in the state with a recommendation that they adopt
similar resolutions of support for S. 1989 and H.R. 4013.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Canton, Fulton
County, Illinois upon a roll call vote as follows:
AYES• Aldern~az May, Barnett, Meade, Bohlen, Steck, Sarff, Coay.
NAYS: None.
ABSENT:-derman Molleck.
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